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I'm not entirely certain what to make of Victor Frankenstein. Granted, so far he has been quite a less favorable character, yet that doesn't seem to be enough to make me think of him as a fully bad person. I detest the way he's been acting towards the Creature, but a person's actions towards only one individual aren't enough to make a fair judgment. My only sibling graduated from MHA last year and is now 18 years old and living on her own. I don't get to see her very often due to her packed schedule with work and college. I used to feel like she was ignoring me at first, but then I learned that you need to separate what a person does from who they actually are. Yes a person's actions can tell you a lot about him or her, but you need to consider

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